Roseanne recalls bungling Star Bangled Banner at Padres game

“There goes my name tag. Nobody will know who I am now,” said the iconic William Shatner, 82, as his Comic-Con ID fluttered to the floor. He was only half joking.

He joined actress Roseanne Barr, 60, and “Seinfeld” postman Wayne Knight, 57, on a panel where they clearly felt a bit like the dinosaurs in the “Jurassic Park” film in which Knight appeared.

“Thanks for remembering old people such as ourselves,” quipped Roseanne, eyeing the Indigo Ballroom crowd at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront. “It’s great that people under 40 know who we are... Does anybody have some weed?”

It was an anniversary for the comedienne, and Shatner stood up and sang a few bars of “The Star Spangled Banner,” lest anyone forget.

Twenty-three years ago on July 25, Roseanne screechily crucified our national anthem at a Padres game on national TV, grabbed her crotch and spit to mimic a baseball player.

“I haven’t been back here since then,” confessed Barr, whose attempt at humor offended many and caused President George H.W. Bush to call her rendition “disgraceful.”

“I just want to say to the people who live here, I’m having a real good time this time,” said the actress, whose “Roseanne” sitcom reruns are still going strong on TVLand, averaging more than 16 million viewers a month.

After the session, Shatner said San Diego is one of his favorite cities. In 2010-11 he co-starred in the TV series, “$#*! My Dad Says,” based on a book by Point Loman Justin Halpern about his father.

Black humor:In a nearby room, actor Jack Black, wearing a flimsy black Batman cape included in the Comic-Con swag bag, privately rehearsed lines for a skit to open a panel on a new quirky web series he is producing, “Ghost Ghirls.” During the panel, he exchanged comments with a disembodied, on-screen demon. The actor, unrecognizable behind his face paint, later emerged wearing a bathrobe. It was John Ritter’s actor son, Jason Ritter, of “Parenthood” and Disney Channel’s “Gravity Falls.”

Maria Blasucci and Amanda Lund discussed their role as ditsy ghost busters with co-creator Jeremy Konner, who was Black’s assistant for many years.

Arnold Schwarzenegger visits Monarch School and students in the After-School All-Stars program he initiated in 2002.
— After-School All-Stars

Arnold Schwarzenegger visits Monarch School and students in the After-School All-Stars program he initiated in 2002.
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En route: Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made a surprise visit to San Diego’s Monarch School Thursday before hitting the red carpet for the premiere of his new action film, “Escape Plan” during Comic-Con.

He gave a pep talk to kids enrolled in After-School All-Stars, an activity program he launched in several cities in 2002. Schwarzenegger’s message to the excited youngsters Thursday was simple: Stay in school.

On the floor: Action heroes, comic book characters and animated figures roamed the Convention Center exhibit area, delighted to pose for anyone with a camera.

Among them was Amanda McGowan, as Little Bo Peep, wearing a pink and white dress over a crinoline that could cover Cleveland and carrying a pink stuffed sheep. She was accompanied by Toy Story’s Woody, Tim Barbarick. McGowan, who has worn different costumes to six previous Comic-Cons, made both get-ups. “I have 30 more costumes at home,” confessed the Poway dress-up addict, who must have a huge closet.

Upstairs, where it was slightly less chaotic, David Rubitar staked out a spot next to a hall wall where he struck a pose for passer-by after passer-by. He’s a Huntington Beach banker with a love of Peter Pan. He came, not to attend panels or collect swag, but to impersonate his “Hook” hero, Rufio, for four days. He had used baking clay to cast the bones he strung together to form his costume.

A few feet away stood a San Francisco State student, Emmanuel Anaya, moonlighting for amateur photographers as a Ninja turtle in a trench coat.

On the street: Lots of star sightings occurred outside the Convention Center at local hotels and restaurants. Kristin Kreuk and Jay Ryan of TV’s “Beauty and The Beast” dined at Katsuya San Diego on Thursday with two friends. A few tables away sat “Dexter’s” Julie Benz with family and friends. She seemed in good spirits despite just returning from the “Dexter” panel, where cast members discussed the series coming to an end.

Stan Lee, co-creator of Spiderman, X-Men and The Avengers, and former chairman of Marvel Comics, dined with some San Diegans Thursday at Blue Point Coastal Cuisine. Although recently announced as honoree of the Aug. 18 “Geekie Awards” broadcast from Los Angeles, there was no dancing on tables for Lee, 90 years old.